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Suzanne Corkin In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent an experimental psychosurgical procedure intended to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. This title tells the story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison... | Jim Robbins An extraordinary investigation into the world of trees - and the inspiring story of one man's quest to help save the world's oldest and greatest specimens |
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities. But by relying on her formidable memory, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her... | Edward O. Wilson Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation. |
Daniel Kahneman Our minds have two ways of thinking: fast and intuitive, and slow and logical. This explains how we make decisions and how to use this knowledge to your advantage. | John Gribbin Argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. |
Alice Roberts Lets you come face to face with our ancestors and travel back 8 million years. This title takes you on a journey to discover how our species has developed from... | George Dyson Describes a fresh viewpoint of the emerging relationship between nature and machines. |
Lone Frank Explore the wet and wild frontiers of human nature | Lone Frank What if your future could be mapped out for you. Would you want to know? |
Martin Brasier With vivid descriptions and master storytelling, Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Covering the period from 1 to 2 billion years ago... | Richard Fortey An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times. |
Barbara Natterson Horowitz; Kathryn... Explores many of the human and animal health issues that overlap and provides insight into the treatment of many diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart disease and mental illness. This title... | Sebastian Seung The author is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells -... |
Hilary Rose; Steven Rose Dissecting the hype from the frontiers of bioethics, genomics and neuroscience. | Martin Nowak; Roger Highfield A ground-breaking but accessible popular science book about cooperation |